Re: [Finale] Lyrics placed correctly but unattached
At 06:00 PM 4/19/06 -0500, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: >Based upon my experience, where I need a staff of four line / >square notation (for voice), and two staves of five line / standard >notation (for accompaniment) this is how I would approach this. Thanks for that advice as well. Interesting issues you face with creating four-line material. I keep my old 1960-vintage Liber Usualis around just to look at the notation now & then. I used to love to read that notation way back when I actually performed early music. By the way, what *was* that piece you posted as a Christmas gift to the group back at the end of December? Dennis -- Please participate in my latest project: http://maltedmedia.com/waam/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Lyrics placed correctly but unattached
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Hi all, I have been given a score for voice & guitar. The guitar sometimes is on one staff, sometimes two. That's not a problem. I can optimize it away. The voice is the issue. Only the first verse is to be written out with music. The rest are to be words only. The composer wants the words to be in place as if there were a staff there, but without a staff. In other words, the lyrics have to be above the guitar, in the vocal rhythm. OK. Based upon my experience, where I need a staff of four line / square notation (for voice), and two staves of five line / standard notation (for accompaniment) this is how I would approach this. Create a separate staff for the lyrics, and fill it with rests as needed to obtain the appropriate lyrics spacing.. Get the lyrics the way you want them to appear, then hide the rests (using the "o" key method), and redefine the staff so that no lines show. Even though the rests are hidden, the lyrics will still be visible, and for your purposes, this is complete. For those who would otherwise ask, what I do next, is to use the true-type fonts available from St. Meinrad's abbey in St. Meinrad, IN USA, and create the necessary staff of four-line music as a text block, arranging the spacing so it fits over the lyrics as I intend. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Lyrics placed correctly but unattached
At 03:40 PM 4/19/06 -0500, you wrote: > Actually, also just set it to blank notation under alternate styles and >you won't have to get rid of your noteheads after all. Just checked that out! Thanks for that. I've been checking "hide staff" and everything would go away, instead of 0-line staff. I got freaked out by lyrics being especially painful. I think I got it now! Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Lyrics placed correctly but unattached
Title: Re: [Finale] Lyrics placed correctly but unattached Actually, also just set it to blank notation under alternate styles and you won't have to get rid of your noteheads after all. Just checked that out! -Scot Hanna-Weir -- Scot Hanna-Weir Music Engraver A-R Editions, Inc. Middleton, WI -- www.areditions.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Lyrics placed correctly but unattached
Title: Re: [Finale] Lyrics placed correctly but unattached What if you enter the music, all the way through. Then for the verses after the first, create a staff style that is a 0-line staff and shows nothing in the options. Then, go into speedy or simple edit and hide the note heads. When I tried just applying a hide staff style, it did make the lyrics disappear as well. I think this option will work, and if you are in speedy, you can just hit H and right arrow over and over again. It’s not super elegant, but I think it’ll make it work for you. Plus, if the music has to come back, you can just unhide. There might even be an easier way to hide all the notes. I just didn’t check into that. -Scot Hanna-Weir On 4/19/06 3:08 PM, "Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been given a score for voice & guitar. The guitar sometimes is on > one staff, sometimes two. That's not a problem. I can optimize it away. > > The voice is the issue. Only the first verse is to be written out with > music. The rest are to be words only. The composer wants the words to be in > place as if there were a staff there, but without a staff. In other words, > the lyrics have to be above the guitar, in the vocal rhythm. > > Is there a good way to do this? Enter them on the page as text? All 4 > layers are used in the guitar part, so there's nothing to attach to on the > lower staff. If I create a single-line staff for that part, but hide > everything with a staff style, will lyrics go away (I haven't tried that yet)? > > I'm looking for a way to keep the lyrics usable in case he changes his mind > later and wants the music with the lyrics. (I know, I know...) > > Advice welcome! > > Dennis > > > -- Scot Hanna-Weir Music Engraver A-R Editions, Inc. Middleton, WI -- www.areditions.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
